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-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994 6A Perry woods ' n water *The following fishing re port is compiled each week by the Houston Home Journal. Lake, weather and fishing con ditions are reported by telephone from contacts listed at the end of each report. If you would like additional lakes or rivers listed, please call the newspaper at 987-1823. If you would like a free picture of a catch you are proud of printed in the paper, we will be happy to shoot and publish the photo. Moon times Hannon’s best hunting and fishing days and hours > ■ • ■ : - ■* SOLUNAR/LUNAR TIMES Perry Georgia Area SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES 1994 A. H. P. M. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28 rt> _ Minot Major Minor Major Suntlae Sunset Moonßiae Moon Up Moon Down 1 Tue 09:38 03:25 10:05 03:52 07:27 06:05 04:45a 05:12p 2 Hed 10:36 04:22 11:04 04:50 07:27 06:06 12:02a 05:39a 06:07p 3 Thu 11:33 05:19 12:01 05:47 07:26 06:07 01:08a 06:35a 07:03p 4 Fri 12:00 06:14 12:29 06:43 07:25 06:08 02:13a 07:32a 08:01p 5 Sat 12:53 07:07 01:22 07:36 07:24 06:09 03:15a 08:29a 08:58p 6 Sun 01:45 07:59 02:13 08:27 07:24 06:10 04:12a 09:26a 09:54p 7 Mon > 02:34 08:48 03:01 09:15 07:23 06:11 05:03a 10:21a 10:47p 8 Tue > 03:22 09:35 03:48 10:01 07:22 06:12 05:48a 11:13a ll:38p 9 Wed > 04:10 10:22 04:34 10:46 07:21 06:13 06:28a 12:02p 10 Thu M 04:56 11:08 05:19 11:31 07:20 06:14 07:05a 12:49p 12:26a 11 Fri > 05:42 11:54 06:05 12:01 07:20 06:15 07:38a 01:33p 01:11a 12 Sat > 06:29 12:18 06:51 12:40 07:19 06:16 08:09a 02:16p 01:55a 13 Sun > 07:16 01:06 07:37 01:27, 07:18 06:17 08:40a 02:59p 02:38a 14 Mon 08:04 01:53 08:25 02:15 07:17 06:18 09:11a 03:41p 03:20a 15 Tue 08:52 02:41 09:14 03:03 07:16 06:18 09:44a 04:25p 04:03a 16 Wed 09:41 03:29 10:03 03:52 07:15 06:19 10;18a 05:09p 04:47a 17 Thu 10:29 04:18 10:52 04:41 07:14 06:20 10:56a 05:56p 05:33a 18 Fri 11:18 05:06 11:42 05:30 07:13 06:21 11:38a 06:44p 06:20a 19 Sat 12:01 05:54 12:07 06:19 07:12 06:22 12:24p 07:34p 07:09a 20 Sun 12:29 06:42 12:55 07:08 07:11 06:23 01:15p 08:26p 08:00a 21 Mon 01:17 07:30 01:43 07:56 07:10 06:24 02:llp 09:19p 08:52a 22 Tue 02:04 08:17 02:31 08:44 07:09 06:24 03:llp 10:12p 09:46a 23 Wed > 02:51 09:05 03:18 09:31 07:08 06:25 04:14p ll:05p 10:39a 24 Thu > 03:39 09:53 04:06 10:19 07:07 06:26 05:20p 11:32a 25 Fri F 04:29 10:42 04:55 11:08 07:06 06:27 06:26p 12:24p 26 Sat > 05:21 11:34 05:47 12:01 07:04 06:28 07:33p 12:50a 01:16p 27 Sun > 06:16 12:03 06:43 12:30 07:03 06:29 08:40p 01:43a 02:09p 2AJ4SSL 07:15 01:01 07:42 01:29 07:02 06:29 Q9=49p _02136a 03:0jp. Major-2 houra/Mlnor=l hour Accuracy to 1 minute > Indicates peak activity, lolnir liriltii, he. lit) I. lergai It., lukiillt, It 44173 r— —-n , ; Fishing forecast Freshwater forecast Seminole Lake is at normal level and a little muddy. Water temperature is creeping toward 60 degrees. Bass fishing has been very strong, using RatLTraps for the most part. Good catches of crappie have come out of the deep channels, taking live minnows. Some shellcrackers have started to appear, taking black wigglers. - Reported by Jack Wingate, Wingate's Lunker Lodge Blackshear Lake is at normal level and clear. Crappie continues to be the best catch, taking live minnows and some jigs. Catfish are still plentiful, taking worms and chicken livers. Bass fishing has picked up. - Reported by Sonny Coleman, Mitchell's Balt and Tackle Sinclair Lake is down a foot and has a slight dinge in the upper end but is clearing in the lower end. Bass fishing is fair to good hitting crankbaits and spinnerbaits back into the Little channels and around wooded areas. Bass have also been hitting at the points. Crappie fishermen are having success trolling with jigs. White bass and hybrids have been fair to good, using a Ditto 9 plug. Lastly, catfish are plentiful taking cutbait and live worms. Surface water temperature is in the upper 50s. - Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River Park Jackson Lake is at normal level and slightly muddy. Fishing has picked up in the last week. Crappie are hitting live minnows over brushpiles and under bridges. Bass fishermen are having success with orange Shadraps chartreuse plugs and brown pig and jigs in 12-15 feet of water along the side of the points. - Reported by Van Kersey, Kersey's Marina West Point Lake level is about three feet below full pool and surface water temperature is approximately 50 degrees. Water clarity is stained to slightly muddy. Largemouth bass fishing is good, with many moving about halfway up the coves. RatLTraps and spinnerbaits seem to be working best. Crappie can be found in 8-15 feet of water trolling using a green or yellow jig. Hybrids are schooling near the dam with some large stripers mixed in. Use a buck-tailed jig. - Reported by George Marovlch, Highland Marina Eufaula Lake is at normal level and heavily stained to clear. Surface water temperature is in the upper 50s. Bass fishing has been good, hitting spinnerbaits, jig and pigs and medium crankbaits. The bass are starting to move shallow. Crappie have been excellent, trolling in the mouths of the creeks in 7-8 feet of water. Crappie have also been taking live minnows. Hybrids still havenl moved out into the main lake yet. - Reported by Charles Ingram, Tom Mann Outdoors Saltwater forecast Suwanee, Fla. lf looking for redfish, use live shrimp and artificial jigs. Some good catches of speckled trout have also come around also taking the shrimp. Some trout is being caught using mirror lures. • Reported by Suwanee Shores Marina Plastic Moon Time Calculator available. Send $5.70 to: Moon Time Calculator, SPR Sports, P.O. Box 177, Mound, MN 55364 OC•30 t • 3 O Step Aerobics Sponsored by the Perry Recreation Department Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 - 8 p.m. Saturdays 9 -10:30 a.m. Perry High School Cafeteria Deborah Hamlin ACE Certified Instructor 10 Weeks - S3O (This is an on-going program) ■ '<> '' ' // ' Seminars to be held on wetland mitigation The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has announced a series of seminars that will deal with wetland mitigation. Any interested persons may attend. During ongoing statewide road projects, unavoidable wetland impacts occasionally occur. Federal law requires that many of these wetlands be compensated for by the restoration of previously existing wetlands. These seminars will detail the characteristics needed for potential sites to be considered for restoration. Seminars will be held at 12 locations across the state. The goal of the seminars is to provide all interested parties the opportunity to more fully understand the GDOT's need and possibly assist GDOT in locating suitable sites. All seminars will be the same and will being at 6:30 p.m. The middle Georgia seminar will be in Macon at Central High School, 2155 Napier Ave. If there are any questions, contact Aaron Valenta at (404) 699- 4448. Keep outdoor stories coming This is the last issue that the 124 year old Houston Home Journal will publish in its historic name. Next Wednesday, anew paper, The Houston Times Journal, will appear. With the last issue of The Home Journal, I am writing my last outdoor column. New owners and new policies change the way that newspapers are published and philosophies on writers change. Over four years ago, my good friend and editor of The Home Journal, Jim Kerce, came to my office and asked me to write an outdoor article for the newly created "Woods and Water" section of the paper. I felt totally inadequate for the task and argued with Jim, but in vain. He persisted and I have now written over 200 articles for this paper. In the first article that I wrote, I explained some of my thoughts on the great outdoor world and that I /# \ ©1994 Bowhunters to celebrate 10th year The 10th anniversary of the International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) will be celebrated in 1994. This non-profit organization is the largest bowhunting organization in the world. Through the organization's origination and promotion of 3-D bowhunter events, 180 is, and will continue to be, the "pacesetter" organization. Contestants in 180 3-D bowhunter events vie for recognition awards, college scholarships and cash prizes. With over 200 sanctioned events held in 1993, the 180 has already sanctioned over 130 3-D bowhunter events for 1994 and expects to sanction another 100 in the near future. Its feature events in 1994 will again be the IBO's Triple Crown National Championship and Indoor and Outdoor World Championships. Last year, the registration for the four events was over 11,000, up 93 percent over 1992 and continued strong growth is anticipated for the 1994 events. New this year is an event designed for all bowhunters, no matter what their skill level. The 180/McKcnzie Bow Hunter Defense Fund 3-D Big Game Bowhunt will be a fun, informative event that is a must for all bowhunters. Please see BOWHUNT page 7A " \ ' .. • * jfl '§ \ Am iHfljUßfl|re jjp * r jg. - .... ~1 < ju~--""l B- :|pp.. F i M / s , \ .-" -p 9 1 * i ---&&$ JP<.'' *7 V Wild hog captured Five area hunters brought home the pork, capturing this 250-pound boar hog In South Georgia. Scott Ford, Chris West, Norman Ford, Todd Bozeman and Tim Jones captured the wild boar with the help of dogs. If you have any photographs of anything having to do with the outdoors, feel free to contact the Houston Times Journal to have your photo run In the paper. / „,3- * / . f Bobby Tuggle Outdoors writer would never write about how to hunt or how to kill a deer or a turkey. The outdoor magazines have beat this subject to death. I have been a very fortunate and a very lucky person to have experienced one of the best and richest lives that a person could live. From my earliest childhood with a loving family too, to this very moment, I have loved every minute of it, and through my writing I have tried to share some of my experiences with the people, the wild animals, the dogs, the Fruit of the future being developed in California What's new in fruit? You'll be as surprised as I was to learn of the new types of fruits that are being developed. At the University of California, some 130 different varieties of fruit trees are fenced off in the 175-acre Lindcove Field Station, compromising the Foundation Block, a part of the University’s Citrus Clonal Protection Program. Cuttings from these trees are sold each year to nurseries, which use the buds to propagate new trees for farmers and gardeners interested in growing new varieties and types of fruit. One new type is the tangor, a cross between an orange and a tangerine. The tangor differs from the common tangelo, a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine. The new tangor variety, Ellendale, originated in Australia, where it has been popular. Kim Bowman, scientist in charge of tree evaluation, reports that "it's juicy and has a nice balance between sweet and acid." Another favorite is the Sarawak Cookoff to be in March Cooking teams from across the southeast will compete in the fourth-annual Southern Wild Game and Fish Cookoff March 11-12 in Vienna The five-member teams will compete in big game, small game, and fish categories for trophies and cash awards of more than $3,500. Teams will also be vying for trophies in showmanship, turkey calling, duck calling and deer grunt competitions. The cooking contest will be held at the Big Pig Jig Village located on Slosheye Trail Road, just off Journal horses and the wilderness. Sometimes, ideas for articles were hard to come by, and I often felt after writing an article that it sounded as if it were written by a third grader, but something seemed to always come out. I would like to take this ppportunity to thank many people who have made the writing of these articles an enjoyment rather than a task. I would like to thank Jim Kerce, who had confidence in me and made me write. I deeply appreciate the staff of The Houston Home Journal, especially the sports editors who have put up with my always being late with my articles. I would like to thank the many people who I have talked to while doing stories and who gave me thoughts and <deas for articles. I would like to thank my family and friends, who have helped make Tim Lewis Ag. instructor. Perry High School Tahitian pilymelo, a green fruit about the size of a large cantaloupe. Its pale green flesh has a sweet melon flavor, and one fruit is enough for a family of four. If you are one of those people who cannot tolerate citric acid in their diets, then you might be interested in the Foundation Block's acidless orange variety. This fruit is a small, thin-skinned type with a sweet, mild orange flavor with one missing ingredient the tang of traditional citrus fruits. Red-fleshed oranges, with red rinds and blood-red flesh and juice, are also on hand at the Foundation. Useful as a garnish or in fruit salads, some people enjoy blood oranges for their flavor, according Interstate 75 at Exit 36. Live on state Friday night, March 11 will be the Mighty Mighty Tams in concert. The Tams cut their first single in 1962 and their first album featured their first single and first number one recording in 1962 "What kind of Fool (Do you think I Am?).'' A string of hits followed including "I've been hurt," "Hey Girl (Don't bother Me)” and "You liked to your Daddy." This phenomenal group has been honored with two gold records and was named in 1986 as "Beach Band my life in the outdoor world so great: My son, Rob, Darryl Adams of Alpharetta, Joe Shook of North Carolina, Tommy Williams and Monty Lewis of Thomasville, Mark and Paula Hennessy of Atlanta, Mike Gibson, Tres Sinyard, Georgia Allison, Mell Tolleson and many others too numerous to mention. Most cf all, I would like to thank the readers who have waded through my articles and have called, written or stopped to tell me that I have added something to their life. There are many more stories that need to be written about the old days, the hunting experiences and our changing society. There are many more stories about Oaky Woods that should be written. I hope that the Houston Times Journal will find anew writer who can continue the sagas. to Bowman. He cites the Moro blood orange, which has a distinctive raspberry flavor. Cara Cara, anew red-fleshed orange cultivar from South America, has shown promise, Bowman said. It is much like a regular navel, with an orange rind, but has pale pink flesh. Then there’s the new navel orange variety from Japan called Fukumoto which has interested some growers. Early maturing, this variety produces large, dark fruits which so far appear to be of better quality than other early varieties. The Foundation Block even includes some landscape ornamentals. The Variegated Calamondin is a small, well-shaped tree with beautiful walnut-sized oranges of poor eating quality. Also available are landscape kumquats, whose small orange fruits are eaten rind and all. Look for some of these potentially outstanding new fruits on the shelves of your favorite grocery store in the not-too-distant future! of the Decade." The stage show will begin at 8 p.m., immediately following the showmanship competition. Admission is $5 per person with children under 12 admitted free. Teams interested in. entering the cooking competition have until Friday, Feb. 18 to sign up for the contest. Application fees are SIOO per category and will be accepted through 5 p.m. at the Special Events Office, 117 East Union Street in Vienna or by mail at P.O. Box 376, Vienna, Ga. 31092.